Influence of TOEIC on Teachers and Students at Tertiary Level

DOI

10.2991/icassr-14.2014.26How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), Student perceptions, Washback

Abstract

This study examined the washack of the TOEIC on English teaching and learning in Taiwan. Three hundred and twenty- six college students and fifty teachers from a university of technology participated in the study. A survey was used to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. The findings indicated that most of the students agreed that the TOEIC had positive influences on their learning. Teachers commented that the TOEIC influenced their class activities and teaching materials to some degree.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mei-Ling Chen
AU  - Li-Mei Hung
PY  - 2014/07
DA  - 2014/07
TI  - Influence of TOEIC on Teachers and Students at Tertiary Level
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Social Science Research
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 93
EP  - 94
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icassr-14.2014.26
DO  - 10.2991/icassr-14.2014.26
ID  - Chen2014/07
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